creevykeel

A magnificent, well presented full-court tomb, restored after excavation in 1935 and protected by a modern wall. One of the more accessible monuments of its type, it is situated at the rear of a cottage on the east side of the Bundoran-Sligo road, near the hamlet of Creevykeel. The long cairn is wedge-shaped and tapers sharply towards the west. The court, 50 feet in length, has straight sides and shallow curved ends. It is entered by an orthostat-lined passageway on the east. At the west end of the court is the roofed entrance to a long gallery, divided by massive jambs into two chambers in which were found cremated burials and fragments of grave goods. In addition to the main gallery and to the west of it, are three small burial chambers set into the sides of the cairn. These are seemingly contemporary with the main tomb. The orthostats flanking the entrance to the gallery are impressively large, several standing 6 feet high, whereas those lining the remainder of the court are of much lesser size.